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Spy agency NSA triples collection of U.S. phone records: official report

May 7, 2018

The U.S. National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a U.S. intelligence agency report released on Friday said.

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Top FBI official warned James Comey in 2014 of inefficiencies in warrantless phone surveillance program: Report

March 16, 2018

A retired FBI official who supervised the bureau’s warrantless phone surveillance program said then-Director James Comey took no action in response to his warnings about the inefficiencies of the program back in 2014.

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Russia, China Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons For Space Wars, Report Warns

February 15, 2018

It is becoming increasingly likely that countries will be battling out in space against each other in the near future, warns US intelligence agencies.

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US Senate advances bill to renew NSA's internet surveillance program

January 17, 2018

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, as a final push by privacy advocates to derail the measure came up short.

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House passes NSA spying bill after Trump tweets cause confusion

January 12, 2018

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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool.

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U.S. lawmakers seek temporary extension to internet spying program

December 20, 2017

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are working to build support to temporarily extend the National Security Agency’s expiring internet surveillance program by tucking it into a stop-gap funding measure, lawmakers said.

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Government says warrantless surveillance can proceed into 2018 past law's expiration: Report

December 6, 2017

The Trump administration has determined that even if Congress does not approve an extension of the National Security Agency and the FBI’s warrantless surveillance program before the law that authorizes it expires at the end of 2017, the agencies can still continue to utilize the program, according to a new report.

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Russian Hackers Used Kaspersky Software to Steal NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense

October 6, 2017

Russian hackers stole data belonging to the National Security Agency about America's cyber defense from the home computer of a U.S. government contractor, according to people familiar with the matter.

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U.S. lawmakers want to restrict internet surveillance on Americans

October 5, 2017

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would overhaul aspects of the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program in an effort to install additional privacy protections.

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US Court: NSA Can Resume Bulk Data Collection

July 2, 2015July 1, 2015

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled that the NSA could resume gathering millions of Americans’ phone metadata -- call times, dates and durations -- to scan for links to foreign terrorists.

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Government Can Need Not Turn Over Records in Light of National Security

August 12, 2014

The U.S. government need not turn over a secret surveillance court's orders or the names of phone companies helping it collect call records, because it might reveal methods needed to protect national security, a federal judge decided on Monday.

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NSA Targets Ordinary Internet Users More Than Legally Targeted Foreigners

July 6, 2014

Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washington Post.

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Government Watchdog Says NSA Foreign Surveillance Legal

July 3, 2014

A U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program that snoops on foreign citizens suspected of terrorism is legal and effective and does what Congress intended it to do, a government oversight board said.

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Microsoft: Stop "Unfettered Collection of Bulk Data"

March 29, 2018June 26, 2014

Microsoft's top lawyer called on Congress and the White House to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and stop the "unfettered collection of bulk data" by the government, Cnet reported.

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Federal Judge Says Warrantless Bulk Surveillance is Legal

June 25, 2014

U.S. District Judge Garr King denied a man's motion to dismiss his terrorism conviction saying the U.S. government's bulk collection of phone and email data under U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was legal.

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NSA: We can't delete evidence, because our systems are too complex

June 15, 2014June 11, 2014

The National Security Agency is making an ironic excuse for why it can't stop deleting data evidence that could be used against it, despite receiving multiple court orders to stop – it doesn't know how.

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Reform Bill May Give NSA More Power to Spy on Americans

June 15, 2014June 10, 2014

Lawmakers want to rein in the National Security Agency, but their bill could actually give the agency access to more Americans' records.

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House passes curbs on NSA phone surveillance

March 29, 2018May 24, 2014

In an overwhelming vote, the House moved the U.S. closer to ending the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records Thursday, the most significant demonstration to date of leaker Edward Snowden's impact on the debate over privacy versus security.

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